About Me

Originally from Seattle, I went to Dartmouth College, where I majored in Arabic and dove poorly. The day I graduated in 2011, I flew to Egypt for a one-year masters at the American University of Cairo. While there, I joined a parkour team, over-rotated a flip, and broke my neck.

I moved to New York City still wearing a plastic neck brace and spent the following year applying to graduate school. Thankfully, I recovered completely, and in 2013, I moved to Iowa to start the Nonfiction Writing Program. Among other things, I wrote about tarot card readers, subway buskers, and the show "American Greed." Some of those essays appear here. Most don't. I also took three hip-hop dance classes, the videos of which will never appear anywhere, and in 2015, I competed on "American Ninja Warrior," the aftermath of which appears here a lot.

In May of 2016, I moved back to New York. I now live in Brooklyn, freelance for a living, and am the resident blogger for my gym, CrossFit Virtuosity. I focus mainly on politics, fitness, and CrossFit.